For more than 30 years, Kirsten Johnson has seen the world from behind the camera. “[It’s] taught me to be quiet,” she says. “To wait for things. And listen and look at people’s bodies and the way they move as … Continue reading CAMERAPERSON
If Denzel Washington only acted in one movie, and that movie was Malcolm X, then Washington would still be one of the greatest actors of his generation. Washington fills every inch of the frame with explosive fury and words that cut … Continue reading MALCOLM X
It’s the story of boy meets girl, but it’s all mixed up. He’s Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a married man with kids. She is Marianne (Anna Karina), the babysitter. But they are not strangers; they’ve known each other for years: Four … Continue reading PIERROT LE FOU
Filmmaking is an act of optimism. Setting ideas to paper; convincing others to come and join the party; devoting time, money, blood, sweat, and tears to capture those images on celluloid; believing those images can carry meaning throughout the world; … Continue reading THE TALES OF HOFFMANN
Based on Charles M. Schulz’s successful daily cartoon strip and incorporating elements from the TV specials, The Peanuts Movie captures the simplicity and wonder of childhood anxiety, neurosis, and imagination. Broken into chapters, The Peanuts Movie follows Charlie Brown as he tries to fly … Continue reading THE PEANUTS MOVIE
Few films in the annals of American cinema have a longer shadow than D.W. Griffith’s 1915 silent epic, The Birth of a Nation. Many filmmakers have made works in direct conversation with Birth, and one of the best is Oscar … Continue reading This week in Film — WITHIN OUR GATES
Richard and Mildred Loving just wanted to be together. They loved each other and wanted to raise a family, and in 1958, the two drove from their home in Central Point, Virginia, to Washington D.C. to become man and wife … Continue reading LOVING
Some days it feels like this slog will never end. Other days, it feels like new life is just around the corner. This year’s Sundance Film Festival belongs firmly in the latter. What has brought around this sudden turn of … Continue reading This week in Film — Dispatches from the Sundance Film Festival
Multi-hyphenate Armando Iannucci might be the best working satirist today (all seven seasons of Veep are streaming on HBO Max and DirecTV). His take on the transfer of power in the USSR circa 1953 is so loaded with jokes you have to … Continue reading THE DEATH OF STALIN
